Should revenge porn be legal?

[LordLarry]

Revenge porn is sending nude images of someone without consent. The images need not to have been taken involuntarily for the act of sharing them to be revenge porn. It is illegal in several states and may become illegal federally.

I personally think that it should be legal. If someone really wants to share nude photos without them being leaked, there is always the option of having the recipient sign a legal contract.

[LordLarry]

The Yellow Avatar stereotype has arrived....

It looks like the other yellow avatar voted "No," so don't make any hasty generalizations.

[LordLarry]

I think it depends on how it was obtained. The major point has to do with consent. If you willingly share nude photos or videos with another person, there is no reasonable expectation of privacy or that said media won't necessarily be shared. And, once that media has been transferred, it is in the possession of another individual. I know it sounds harsh, but it is not the government's right or responsibility to protect people from their own free speech or the speech of another.

I agree completely. I believe that if the images were obtained without the person's consent, then sharing it should be illegal. I'm talking about the situation where a person willingly shares explicit photos of himself or herself, at which point there isn't an expectation of privacy.

Think about it like this. We are taught that anything that we post online, even what we believe to be private, can be made public and be held against us. Therefore, we are responsible for everything we post online. However, nudity is the one legal exception to this rule. Why?

And to be quite frank, I don't think that anyone ought to be taking nude images of himself or herself. It's very strange behavior to me.

[LordLarry]

I think it depends on how it was obtained. The major point has to do with consent. If you willingly share nude photos or videos with another person, there is no reasonable expectation of privacy or that said media won't necessarily be shared. And, once that media has been transferred, it is in the possession of another individual. I know it sounds harsh, but it is not the government's right or responsibility to protect people from their own free speech or the speech of another.

I agree completely. I believe that if the images were obtained without the person's consent, then sharing it should be illegal. I'm talking about the situation where a person willingly shares explicit photos of himself or herself, at which point there isn't an expectation of privacy.

Think about it like this. We are taught that anything that we post online, even what we believe to be private, can be made public and be held against us. Therefore, we are responsible for everything we post online. However, nudity is the one legal exception to this rule. Why?

And to be quite frank, I don't think that anyone ought to be taking nude images of himself or herself. It's very strange behavior to me.

Sending nude pictures on dating apps has been a 'thing' for over twenty years. The straights might have been later to the game but it's still not a recent phenomenon. And partners share pictures. That doesn't give make anything 'domain' and their absolutely is an expectation of privacy.

Well, I still find it strange when you can see each other nude in person anyway. If you want privacy, have your partner sign an NDA.

[LordLarry]

I think it depends on how it was obtained. The major point has to do with consent. If you willingly share nude photos or videos with another person, there is no reasonable expectation of privacy or that said media won't necessarily be shared. And, once that media has been transferred, it is in the possession of another individual. I know it sounds harsh, but it is not the government's right or responsibility to protect people from their own free speech or the speech of another.

I agree completely. I believe that if the images were obtained without the person's consent, then sharing it should be illegal. I'm talking about the situation where a person willingly shares explicit photos of himself or herself, at which point there isn't an expectation of privacy.

Think about it like this. We are taught that anything that we post online, even what we believe to be private, can be made public and be held against us. Therefore, we are responsible for everything we post online. However, nudity is the one legal exception to this rule. Why?

And to be quite frank, I don't think that anyone ought to be taking nude images of himself or herself. It's very strange behavior to me.

Sending nude pictures on dating apps has been a 'thing' for over twenty years. The straights might have been later to the game but it's still not a recent phenomenon. And partners share pictures. That doesn't give make anything 'domain' and their absolutely is an expectation of privacy.

Well, I still find it strange when you can see each other nude in person anyway. If you want privacy, have your partner sign an NDA.

Expecting your partner to respect your privacy is too much, but asking them to sign an NDA like intimacy is now some bizarre business contract is not??

Leonardo DiCaprio had some of his partners sign an NDA. It's not completely unheard of.